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Re: lynx-dev Is this List for Lynx users or *just* developers
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Thomas Dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev Is this List for Lynx users or *just* developers |
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Wed, 6 Jun 2001 17:46:06 -0400 |
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On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 03:39:29PM -0600, Duke Normandin wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 10:12:23PM +0100, RobertM wrote:
> > It is alleged that Duke Normandin once typed:
> > > As a Lynx user (but not a developer or programmer), I'm getting a little
> > > annoyed at asking a question on this list and not receiving some kind of
> > > reply. The traffic on this list is minimal, so _volume_ can't be the
> > > problem. Am I on the wrong list? Is there a Lynx-users list? Thanks!
> >
> > Well it's called lynx-dev but. Looking in my own archive you seem to
> > be after cygwin/win32 binaries. The best place to look would I suspect
> > be the Lynx Binary Distribution OutLet.
> > http://www.trill-home.com/lynx/binaries.html
> >
> > --
> > Robm
>
> I can't believe that I got a reply -- and so fast! Thanks!
> No.... I'm not looking for any binaries - just have an issue with Lynx's
> rendering of tables. I wonder if it would pay to have Mutt "bounce" my
> last relevant post? Later...
an excerpt from the user's guide might help:
Lynx and HTML Tables
HTML includes markup for creating tables structured as arrays of cells
aligned by columns and rows on the displayed page.
Lynx recognizes the TABLE element and all of its associated elements
as described in ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1942.txt and will process
any ID attributes in the start tags for handling as NAME-ed anchors,
but does not create actual tables. Instead, it treats the TR start tag
as a collapsible BR (line break), and inserts a collapsible space
before the content of each TH and TD start tag. This generally makes
all of the content of the table readable, preserves most of the
intra-cell organization, and makes all of the links in the table
accessible, but any information critically dependent on the column and
row alignments intended for the table will be missed.
If inherently tabular data must be presented with Lynx, one can use
PRE formatted content, or, if the table includes markup not allowed
for PRE content, construct the table using HTML Tabs. An example table
using TAB elements is included in the test subdirectory of the Lynx
distribution. [ToC]
Lynx and HTML Tabs
Lynx implements the HTML 3.0 TAB element only when LEFT alignment is
in effect. If the alignment is CENTER or RIGHT (JUSTIFY is not yet
implemented in Lynx, and is treated as a synonym for LEFT), or if the
TAB element indicates a position to the left of the current position
on the screen, it is treated as a collapsible space. For purposes of
implementing TAB, Lynx treats en units as half a character cell width
when specified by the INDENT attribute, and rounds up for odd values
(e.g., a value of either 5 or 6 will be treated as three spaces, each
the width of a character cell). See the example table using TAB
elements in the test subdirectory of the Lynx distribution as a model
for using this functionality.
Note that this Users Guide and the Supported URLs page include TAB
markup in a manner which degrades gracefully for WWW browsers which do
not support it. Toggle to display of source and search for <tab to
examine the use of TAB markup in these documents. [ToC]
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- lynx-dev Is this List for Lynx users or *just* developers, Duke Normandin, 2001/06/06
- Re: lynx-dev Is this List for Lynx users or *just* developers, RobertM, 2001/06/06
- Re: lynx-dev Is this List for Lynx users or *just* developers, Duke Normandin, 2001/06/06
- Re: lynx-dev Is this List for Lynx users or *just* developers, Matt Ackeret, 2001/06/06
- Re: lynx-dev Is this List for Lynx users or *just* developers, Duke Normandin, 2001/06/06
- lynx-dev using tables with Lynx (was something), Philip Webb, 2001/06/06
- Re: lynx-dev using tables with Lynx (was something), Duke Normandin, 2001/06/07
Re: lynx-dev Is this List for Lynx users or *just* developers, Thomas Dickey, 2001/06/06